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Course links:

AY 189 iSite AY 189 Piazza page - For asking and finding answers to homework questions AY 189 Downloads

Computing Resources:

Getting Connected and SSH How to Connect to the CfA over Windows - Instructions on what to download and how to enable X forwarding on a PC. How to Connect to the CfA Server and Get Started with IDL Linux Help Introduction to Linux at the CfA [pdf] - A guide to getting started with CfA Linux IDL Help Vasily's IDL Page - A great compilation of everything IDL, from Vasily Belokurov (IoA, Cambridge). Includes links to common IDL libraries and tutorials (see the top of the page to get started). IDL 7.1 Reference Guide [pdf 46.2 MB] - The very useful complete documentation of IDL commands. Other gfortran - Links to builds for the gfortran compiler for different operating systems. For Mac, I recommend using the "nice Apple-style installers" included in the MacOS section.

Textbook Resources:

Astrophysics of planet formation E-book Full text available. HUID login required. Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems by Phil Armitage The lecture notes that were expanded for publication as a book (one of our course textbooks) Exoplanets Ch. 2: Keplerian Orbits and Dynamics of Exoplanets by Carl Murray & Alexandre Correia Exoplanets Ch. 4: Exoplanet Transits and Occultations by Josh Winn Exoplanets Ch. 5: Exoplanetary Microlensing by Scott Gaudi Exoplanets Ch.: Terrestial Planet Formation by John Chambers Exoplanets Ch: Giant Planet Formation by Gennaro d'Angelo, Richard Durisen & Jack Lissauer Exoplanets Ch: Tidal Evolution of Exoplanets by Alexandre Correia & Jacques Laskar Exoplanets Ch: Terrestrial Planet Interiors by Christophe Sotin, Jennifer Jackson, & Sara Seager Exoplanets Ch: Giant Planet Interior Structure and Thermal Evolution by Jonathan Fortney, Isabelle Baraffe, & Burkhard Militzer Bigwords A meta search engine useful for finding the cheapest site to buy textbooks

Order-of-Magnitude References:

Order-of-Magnitude Physics: Understanding the World with Dimensional Analysis, Educated Guesswork, and White Lies by Peter Goldreich, Sanjoy Mahajan, and Sterl Phinney A book about order of magnitude techniques, especially geared towards physics, based on a class that was taught at Caltech. Street Fighting Mathematics [pdf 1.1 MB] by Sanjoy Mahajan A guide to order of magnitude techniques and mathematical estimation. This is a complete pdf of an early version of the book. Caltech Ph101 Caltech's order of magnitude physics course. Problem sets have good examples Order of Magnitude Astrophysics Questions by David Weinberg A nice list of astrophysics related order of magnitude questions

Interesting Links:

The Lecture System in Teaching Science [pdf 1.6 MB] by Robert Morrison An essay meant for instructors, but useful for students, on how to get the most out of lectures